Unlock Powerful
Potential
Women and girls in the developing world are hit hardest by poverty. We deliver the knowledge and support they need to forge new opportunities.
Women empowerment programs through enhancement of their participation in all fields
DIGNIFIED WORK
75%* of garment workers globally are women. We want to ensure they are respected at work and their voices are heard.
SORD is committed to uncovering and transforming the political, social and economic relationships at the heart of poverty — our work to improve the health and well-being of women and girls is critical to that fight.
WHY WOMEN & GIRLS?
When more women work, economies grow. An increase in female labour force participation—or a reduction in the gap between women’s and men’s labour force participation—results in faster economic growth.
CHILD MARRIAGE
In the last 30 seconds, 13 girls under the age of 18 got married. And not happily. Child marriage is a gross human rights violation that keeps girls out of school, endangers their health and sentences them to a lifetime of poverty.
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Globally, one out of three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. We offer support and services for victims and educate community members to prevent further violence.
